BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Every holiday season, hundreds die in drunk driving crashes.
This year, CBS 42 is proud to support Project Roadblock, a special initiative from the Television Bureau of Advertising that promotes the “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving” public service advertising campaign from the Ad Council and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
279 people died because of alcohol-impaired crashes last year in Alabama.
We want you to know your “warning signs” that you’re not okay to drive after drinking. Research shows that friends will step in if you’re about to drive drunk, but whether or not to drive buzzed is a decision only you can make for yourself.
And if you have to ask whether you’re okay to drive, you already know the answer: “probably okay” isn’t okay.
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Along with stations across the country, we’ll be donating airtime to run these anti-drunk driving PSAs between December 26 and 31, including an airing at 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, to help make sure our community’s roads are safe this holiday season.
Stay safe out there. If you plan to drink, make a plan to get home safely. Make sure you have a cab company or ride-sharing app saved in your phone, or plan for someone in your group to be the designated sober driver.
We’d also like to thank our sponsors, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), Bright Health, Serra Trussville KIA and Serra Gardendale KIA for supporting this important initiative.
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